Eastern Cottonwood (Noun)
Meaning
A common poplar of eastern and central United States; cultivated in United States for its rapid growth and luxuriant foliage and in Europe for timber.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The landscape architects included the eastern cottonwood in the riverbank restoration design to create natural erosion control.
- One advantage of the eastern cottonwood tree is that it is easily established in many soil types, even disturbed land.
- Residents reported planting numerous eastern cottonwoods as an initiative for preserving water and cooling city temperatures.
- Several eastern cottonwoods towered above other trees along the banks of the river in that scenic countryside village.
- The agricultural researchers compared yields and trunk thickness in domestic eastern cottonwood tree cultivation projects over ten years.